kool

See also: Kool, kóol, and ko'ol

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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Adjective

kool (comparative kooler, superlative koolest)

1. (slang) Deliberate misspelling of cool.

Usage notes

Phonemic spelling, generally used in commercial names, like Kool Aid.

Derived terms

• koozie

Etymology 2

Back slang for look.

Alternative forms

• cool

Verb

kool (third-person singular simple present kools, present participle kooling, simple past and past participle kooled)

1. (obsolete, costermongers) To look; to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
   • c. 1864, Alfred Peck Stevens, “The Chickaleary Cove”, in Farmer, John Stephen, editor, Musa Pedestris‎^[1], published 1896, page 161:

     Now kool my downy kicksies—the style for me, / Built on a plan werry naughty,

   • 1903 October, Rev. Arthur Tappan Pierson, quoting Hogg, Quintin, “Quintin Hogg and the London Polytechnic”, in Missionary Review of the World‎^[2], volume 26, number 16, page 734:

     We had not been engaged in our reading very long when at the far end of the arch I noticed a twinkling light. "Kool esclop!" shouted one of the boys, at the same moment doucing the glim and bolting with his companion, leaving me in the dark with my upset beer bottle and my douced candle, forming a spectacle which seemed to arouse suspicion on the part of our friend the policeman, whose light it was that had appeared in the distance.

   • 2014 October 18, “Golborne Road, Miscellaneous Memories”, in WordPress‎^[3], archived from the original on 16 February 2025:

     “Kool retfa the posh” he’d call to Mum, “I’m going to ekat the yenom to the kaynab” Somewhere Dad had learnt Backslang and this was the preferred medium of communication between him and Mum when there were customers in the shop. What he had just said was, “Look after the shop, I’m taking the money to the bank”

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:look

Anagrams

• Look, kolo, look

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʊəl/
• Hyphenation: kool

Etymology 1

From Dutch kool, from Middle Dutch col, cole, from Old Dutch *kōl, *kōla, from Latin caulis.

Noun

kool (plural kole, diminutive kooltjie)

1. cabbage, ​cole

Derived terms

• koolakker
• koolblaar
• koolbredie
• koolkop
• koolplantjie
• koolraap
• koolsaad
• koolsop
• koolstronk

Etymology 2

From Dutch kool, from Middle Dutch cole, from Old Dutch *kol, *kolo, from Proto-Germanic *kulą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷol-, from *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”).

Noun

kool (plural kole, diminutive kooltjie)

1. coal
2. carbon

• koolaanpaksel
• koolaanslag
• koolaar
• koolafval
• koolbak
• koolbedding
• koolborsel
• kooldamp
• kooldatering
• kooldeurslag
• kooldraad
• kooldruk
• kooldrukpapier
• koolelektrode
• koolgruis
• koolhidraat
• koolhoop
• koolkamer
• koolklop
• koollaag
• koollaaier
• koolloos
• koolmyn
• koolokside
• kooloksied
• koolpapier
• koolpuin
• koolpunt
• koolroet
• Koolsak
• koolsif
• koolskop
• koolspits
• koolstof
• koolstofdioksied
• koolstofhoudend
• koolstofmonokside
• koolstofmonoksied
• koolstofverbinding
• koolstoof
• koolswart
• koolteer
• kooltrok
• koolvalslandmeter
• koolvesel
• koolvis
• koolvorming
• koolvuur
• koolwa
• koolwaterstof
• koolwaterstofgas

Cornish

Etymology 1

From Old Cornish coiliou pl, from Proto-Brythonic *koɨl, from Proto-Celtic *kailos (“omen”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“healthy, whole”). Cognate with Welsh coel.

Noun

kool m (plural kolyow)

1. omen, augury

Derived terms

• argol (“risk”)
• hegol (“superstitious”)
• kola (“heed, trust”, verb)

Mutation

Mutation of kool

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
kool	gool	hool	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

kool

1. hard mutation of gool

References

• “kool” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koːl/

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• Hyphenation: kool
• Rhymes: -oːl
• Homophone: kohl

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *keh₂ulisder.

Latin caulisbor.

Old Dutch *kōl / *kōla

Middle Dutch col / cole

Dutch kool

From Middle Dutch col, cole, from Old Dutch *kōl, *kōla, from Latin caulis.

Noun

kool f (plural kolen, diminutive kooltje n)

1. a cabbage, plant of genus Brassica

   Hypernym: kruisbloem

2. (particularly) the edible leaves of a Brassica

Derived terms

• bloemkool
• boerenkool
• Chinese kool
• groeien als kool
• koolraap
• koolsla
• koolwater
• koolwitje
• rode kool
• spitskool
• spruitkool
• witte kool
• wittekool
• zandkool
• zuurkool

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kool
• Jersey Dutch: kôl
• Negerhollands: kool
• → Caribbean Hindustani: koro
• →⇒ Hokkien: 高麗菜 / 高丽菜
  • → Chinese: 高麗菜 / 高丽菜
• → Indonesian: kol
• → Mahican: gónan
• → Papiamentu: kolo
• → Sranan Tongo: kolo
• → Teochew: 高麗 / 高丽 (go¹ lê⁶)

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch cole, from Old Dutch *kol, *kolo, from Proto-West Germanic *kol, from Proto-Germanic *kulą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷol-, from *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”).

May originate from a neuter plurale tantum that was reanalysed as a feminine singular; compare Old Norse kol. Cognate with West Frisian koal, German Kohle, English coal, Danish kul.

Noun

kool f (plural kolen, diminutive kooltje n)

1. coal
2. carbon

Synonyms

• (carbon): koolstof

Derived terms

• actieve kool
• bruinkool
• houtskool
• kooldioxide
• koolmonoxide
• koolstof
• steenkool
• verkolen

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kool
• Negerhollands: kool

Anagrams

• look

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German schôle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoːlʲ/, [ˈkoːlʲ]
• Rhymes: -oːl
• Hyphenation: kool

Noun

kool (genitive kooli, partitive kooli)

1. school

Declension

Declension of kool (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kool	koolid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kooli
genitive			koolide
partitive		kooli	koole koolisid
illative		kooli koolisse	koolidesse koolesse
inessive		koolis	koolides kooles
elative		koolist	koolidest koolest
allative		koolile	koolidele koolele
adessive		koolil	koolidel koolel
ablative		koolilt	koolidelt koolelt
translative		kooliks	koolideks kooleks
terminative		koolini	koolideni
essive		koolina	koolidena
abessive		koolita	koolideta
comitative		kooliga	koolidega

Derived terms

Compound words

• koolivorm
• kooliõpetaja
• kunstikool
• ülikool

Further reading

• “kool”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “kool”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• kool in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• kuul (Föhr-Amrum, Heligoland, Sylt)
• koul (Goesharde)
• kööl (Halligen)
• kölj (Mooring)

Etymology

From Old Frisian *kōl, from Proto-West Germanic *kōl(ī), from Proto-Germanic *kōluz (“cool”), from *kalaną (“to be cold, to freeze”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to be cold, to freeze”).

Adjective

kool

1. (Wiedingharde) cold

Tlingit

Noun

kool (see inflected forms below)

1. navel; bellybutton

Inflection

Possessives of kool

		singular	plural
1st person		ax̱ kool	haa kool
2nd person		i kool	yee kool
3rd person	human	du kool
	non-human	a kool
	proximate	ash kool
indefinite	human	ha kool
	non-human	at kool
reflexive		chush kool
reciprocal		woosh kool

Yucatec Maya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kòːl/

Verb

kool (transitive)

1. to touch, to rub

Noun

kool (plural kooloʼob)

1. field, milpa